SUGGESTION: Better methods to train Athletics

[TheRogueSpy]

I've been playing this game for quite a bit since I first got it (I'm in love with it), but every beginning starts about the same. I get my food sorted, then immediately start training up athletics for that sweet, sweet +20 carrying weight boost.

That being said, training the skill can be...tedious. Up until lvl 24, your only options of training are...well, the following:

"Ah darn, I need to lvl up to drag a log. Time to throw myself off this cliff." *sounds of bones breaking followed by Tom & Jerry scream*

Repeat that sequence ad nauseam until you've broken your ankles enough to drag a log like a real man.

Then repeat that process until you can throw your log like a real man.

Then repeat that until lvl 24.

I wanted to see what people would think about different methods of training your Athletics, such as a passive method (like 1 exp for every 1,000 steps or something), or if I'm simply being silly and this isn't as big a problem as I make it out to be.


Thanks again for making such a fun game!

[G-Solo (Indonesia)]

You're right about jumping from the cliff things. It is really a silly method on how to make your muscle bigger. In real life, you do weight training and exercise like running. But if you can raise your athletic just by walking around, then it would be like a free skill to be given to the player.

No, walking 1000 steps to gain a skill is a big no. It needs something that require effort. But I don't know how.

[Sooner535{UFIP}]

Just train it until you get your movement speed ability and then use that passively everytime it comes up? I do that every run since the -0.2 movement cost is amazing and then use the green -0.1 to make you even faster. Its also the best get out of jail free card, once I get that -0.1 passive and put the -0.05 on my boots from crafting? Nothing can even touch me anymore lol. Athletics is always the accidentally maxed skill I have, never needed to push train it (after I get that movement speed bonus thing I mean) you get about 1-2XP per cast, I just use it as I run, easy peasy.

[Johnny Boy]

if it was a passive thing it shouldn't be walking, as it would be a little OP given the amount of walking a character can do in their first five years alone. I sometimes spend one or two years of nomadically walking the lands to see where the best traders are and discover valuable resources before even thinking about settling somewhere.

[Vacati]

Could operate like the drag skill, walking only works up until level 5 at maybe 100-250 steps per 2 xp?. Then you have to start dragging/throwing. Would be nice if climbing was a bit earlier in the tree so you didn't have to throw for so long.

[G-Solo (Indonesia)]

Originally posted by Vacati:

Could operate like the drag skill, walking only works up until level 5 at maybe 100-250 steps per 2 xp?. Then you have to start dragging/throwing. Would be nice if climbing was a bit earlier in the tree so you didn't have to throw for so long.

Why drag skill only affect low level-up for athletic? I think if there is bigger, heavier stuff, dragging skill can help raising the level further.

Another useful skill for the game that I can think is that an ability that enable you to carry heavy items that surpass your character weight limit. With that skill from athletic branch, you can take more items that you should unable to do so. But with that you require more effort to walk. But if you walk in overweight position long enough, you can raise your athletic skill.

Well, it has some limitation as if you carry more item than you usually can, then all related skills that make you move faster will be disabled. So, you must be careful, because it can kill you if you are in overweight mode in battle. Because it will slow you down a lot.